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Windows 7: You have logged on with a temp profile

PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME:: im totally useless with computers and computer 'language' so i will try and wxplain what the problem is ,and if u respond, can you give me step by step advice etc!!!
well, i have an acer laptop (the small ones, notepad??!!) it went wrong couple of days ago - my background image on desktop was missing ,and was just a black screen with icons on , so it was suggested to do a system restore - which i did do, now when i log on, i get a message saying "you have logged on with a temp profile" etc, and iv logged of and on several times since then, and it still appears! pleas help, what do i do?
im using an acer laptop, and firefox!!
i dont know what else to do - i have no real understanding of these machines!!!!

You have logged on with a temp profile

You have been logged in with a temporary profile.Hello. Recently, I've been experiencing a rather odd issue with my system which I cannot solve. When I type my password and press enter to get into my account, instead of "Welcome" it says "Preparing desktop" and then shows a message that reads "You have been logged with a temporary profile"...

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